Terry Pratchett- Children's Books

New release: Terry's latest young adult novel Wintersmith
is the third in the Tiffany Aching series - release date October
1, 2006.

Terry Pratchett's Discworld books make adult readers laugh their
socks off - his stories for children are just as funny.

Master of comic fantasy, Terry Pratchett was born (in 1948) and bred in
England and sold his first short story at age 14. He began writing the Discworld
books in 1983 and was able to quit "work" and begin writing full-time
by 1987. Knighted in 2009, Sir Terry Pratchett died on March 12, 2015.

The following young adult novels will tickle the funny bones of
everyone from about age 10 on up.

This third and newest adventure of young witch Tiffany Aching is due
in stores October 24, 2006.

From the UK version book's description: "Tiffany Aching is a trainee witch
— now working for the seriously scary Miss Treason. But when Tiffany
witnesses the Dark Dance — the crossover from summer to winter — she
does what no one has ever done before and leaps into the dance. Into
the oldest story there ever is. And draws the attention of the wintersmith
himself.

As Tiffany-shaped snowflakes hammer down on the land, can Tiffany
deal with the consequences of her actions? Even with the help of Granny
Weatherwax and the Nac Mac Feegle — the fightin’, thievin’ pictsies
who are prepared to lay down their lives for their 'big wee hag'."

Tiffany is 13 now and boys, or at least one particular boy, become the issue.

Pratchett's
first Discworld novel for young readers - the Harry
Potter crowd will love it! Just as good for grownups,
with a sinister tale of a larcenous cat, his rat cohorts
and the "stupid-looking kid" he uses to run
his scam. Get your kids hooked on Discworld and prepare
them for the funny side of life. Winner of the 2001
Carnegie Medal.

Armed only with a frying pan and her common sense, Tiffany Aching,
a young witch-to-be, is all that stands between the monsters of Fairyland
and the warm, green Chalk country that is her home. Forced into Fairyland
to seek her kidnaped brother, Tiffany allies herself with the Chalk's
local Nac Mac Feegle -- aka the Wee Free Men -- a clan of sheep-stealing,
sword-wielding, six-inch-high blue men who are as fierce as they are
funny. Together they battle through an eerie and ever-shifting landscape,
fighting brutal flying fairies, dream-spinning dromes, and grimhounds
-- black dogs with eyes of fire and teeth of razors -- before ultimately
confronting the Queen of the Elves, absolute ruler of a world in which
reality intertwines with nightmare.

"The Heroine: Tiffany Aching, incipient witch and cheese
maker extraordinaire. Once saved world from Queen of
the Elves. Is about to discover that battling evil monarchs
is child's play compared to mortal combat with a Hiver
(see below). At eleven years old, is boldest heroine
ever to have confronted the Forces of Darkness while
armed with a frying pan.

Johnny Maxwell is a twelve-year-old boy with an uncanny ability
to find himself in unusual situations.

Only You Can Save Mankind (Johnny Maxwell Book
1) - "The huge bulk of the alien capital ship was in the corner
of the screen. Level 10, here we come ... careful, careful ... there
were no more ships now,' so all Johnny had to do was keep out of
its range and then sweep in and - "We wish to talk." Johnny
blinked at the message on the screen. "We wish to talk."
The ship roared by - eceyoaawwwnn. He reached out for the throttle
key and slowed himself down, and then turned and got the big red
shape in his sights again. "We wish to talk." His finger
hovered on the Fire button. Then, without really looking, he moved
it over the keyboard and pressed Pause. Then he read the manual.
'Only You Can Save Mankind', it said on the cover. 'Full Sound and
Graphics. The Ultimate Game.' " - book description. Hilarious
sci fi as 12-year-old Johnny Maxwell finds his game is real.

Johnny and the Dead (Book 2) - "Sell the cemetery?
Over their dead bodies...Not many people can see the dead (not many
would want to). Twelve-year-old Johnny Maxwell can. And he's got
bad news for them: the council want to sell the cemetery as a building
site. But the dead have learned a thing or two from Johnny. They're
not going to take it lying down... especially since it's Halloween
tomorrow. Besides, they're beginning to find that life is a lot
more fun than it was when they were... well ... alive. Particularly
if they break a few rules ..." - book description. Johnny's
talents grow and grow.

Johnny and the Bomb (Book 3) - "There was
a flash of light, the air flickered... and the world changed. It's
May 21, 1941, thought Johnny. It's war. Johnny Maxwell and his friends
have to do something when they find Mrs Tachyon, the local bag lady,
semi-conscious in an alley... as long as it's not the kiss of life.
But there's more to Mrs Tachyon than a squeaky trolley and a bunch
of dubious black bags. Somehow she holds the key to different times,
different eras - including the Blackbury Blitz in 1941. Suddenly
now isn't the safe place Johnny once thought it was as he finds
himself bound up more and more with then..." - book description.
Johnny time travels to the 1940s - very, very funny.

The nomes are four-inch-high aliens who crash landed on
earth 15,000 years ago and have forgotten their origins.

Truckers - "'Outside! What's it like?' Masklin
looked blank. 'Well,' he said, 'It's sort of big-' To
the thousands of tiny nomes who live under the floorboards
of a large department store, there is no Outside. Things
like Day and Night, Sun and Rain are just daft old legends.
Then
a devastating piece of news shatters their existence:
the Store - their whole world - is to be demolished.
And it's up to Masklin, one of the last nomes to come
into the Store, to mastermind an unbelievable escape
plan that will take all the nomes into the dangers of
the great Outside ... " - book description.

Diggers - "And Grimma said, 'We have two choices.
We can run, or we hide.' And they said, Which shall
we do? She said, We shall Fight.' A Bright New Dawn
is just around the comer for thousands of tiny nomes
when they move into the ruined buildings of an abandoned
quarry. Or is it? Soon strange things start to happen.
Like the tops of puddles growing hard and cold, and
the water coming down from the sky in frozen bits. Then
humans appear and they really mess everything up. The
quarry is to be re-opened, and the nomes must fight
to defend their new home. But how long will they be
able to keep the humans -at bay - even with the help
of the monster Jekub?" - book description.

Wings - "There was a polite beeping from the
Thing. 'You may be interested to know,' it said, 'that
we've just broken the sound barrier! Masklin turned
wearily to the others. 'All right, own up,' he said.
'Who broke it?' 'Don't look at me,' said Angalo. 'I
didn't touch anything... " - book description.
In this final book of the Bromeliad Trilogy, the nomes
find their space ship and return home.

The
Carpet Peopleby Terry Pratchett

"In the beginning, there was nothing but endless flatness. Then
came the Carpet... That's the old story everyone knows and loves (even
if they don't really believe it). But now the Carpet home to many
different tribes and peoples and there's a new story in the making.
The story of Fray, sweeping a trail of destruction across the Carpet.
The story of power-hungry mouls - and of two Munrung brothers. who
set out on an adventure to end all adventures when their village is
flattened. It's, a story that will come to a terrible end - if someone,
doesn't do something about it. If everyone doesn't do omething about
it..." - book description. Terry Pratchett's first novel, written
when he was 17, and extensively revised for this release.

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